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Description:
Intuitive find & replace CLI
Type: Formula  |  Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025
Links: Homepage  |  formulae.brew.sh
Category: Developer tools
Tags: cli text-processing regex developer-tools find-replace
Install: brew install sd
About:
sd is a fast and intuitive find & replace CLI tool that provides a simpler and more user-friendly alternative to sed. It leverages regular expressions for powerful text processing while offering a more readable syntax and safer defaults.
Key Features:
  • Simple, intuitive command-line syntax
  • Fast performance with regex support
  • Safe defaults to prevent accidental data loss
  • Cross-platform compatibility
Use Cases:
  • Batch renaming files using regex patterns
  • Refactoring code across multiple files
  • Processing log files and text data
Alternatives:
  • sed – sd offers more intuitive syntax and safer defaults compared to sed's terse and error-prone interface
  • ripgrep – ripgrep excels at searching while sd specializes in find-and-replace operations
Version History
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Sep 14, 2025 4:40am 0 VERSION_BUMP 90c0ea3f
Sep 10, 2024 11:39pm 0 VERSION_BUMP a2b4a301
Nov 8, 2023 6:50pm 0 VERSION_BUMP 9ccc0a35
Nov 20, 2022 1:40pm 1 VERSION_BUMP dac2565c
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